NASA is constantly tracking potentially dangerous asteroids in Earth’s vicinity, and now a new tool allows anyone to explore their paths through the solar system. From a report: There are about 28,000 near-Earth asteroids and comets tracked by astronom…
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account documenting nearly a decade of her life and work. From a report: In October, Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian arti…
Android 12 Go Edition Brings New Speed, Battery, Privacy Features To Lower-end Phones
Google’s Pixel 6 line may have served as Android 12’s big debut for higher-end phones, but Android 12 (Go edition) plans to bring many of the enhancements and features of Android 12 to lower-end phones, too. Google on Tuesday unveiled a host of new fea…
CISA Tells Federal Agencies To Patch Log4Shell Before Christmas
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has told federal civilian agencies to patch systems affected by the Log4Shell vulnerability by Christmas Eve. From a report: The agency has added yesterday the Log4Shell bug (CVE-2021-44228) to it…
Microsoft Quietly Told Apple It Was Willing To Turn Big Xbox-exclusive Games Into iPhone Apps
Private emails show Microsoft wheeling and dealing to get into the App Store. From a report: Remember when Apple pretended like it would let cloud gaming services like Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia into the App Store, while effectively tearing the…
‘China Will Soon Lead the US in Tech’
Graham Allison, a professor of government at Harvard, and Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, writing in a column for WSJ: Last year China produced 50% of the world’s computers and mobile phones; the U.S. produced only 6%. China produces 70 solar panel…
Microsoft Launches Center for Reporting Malicious Drivers
Microsoft has launched this week a special web portal where users and researchers can report malicious drivers to the company’s security team. From a report: The new Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center is basically a web form that allows u…
What Will Happen To Arm Now?
Jonathan Greenberg: Surprising almost no one, the US Federal Trade Commission has moved to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm. We have written a lot about this deal and Arm in general, and wanted to touch on the topic in light of this news. We will save…
Trump Got Free Speech Wrong in Suit Over Ban, Twitter Says
Twitter asked a federal judge to throw out Donald Trump’s lawsuit over his ban from the platform for stoking the U.S. Capitol riot, arguing the company’s right to free speech is at stake — not the former president’s. From a report: Twitter’s First Ame…
Citing Fires, London’s Transport Agency Bans E-scooters on Public Transit Network
Transport for London announced a ban on all e-scooters on its network, effective December 13th, over safety concerns following recent fires. The ban will apply to all public transport in London, including underground trains and buses. From a report: E-…